anal.

Noun

analogy (countable and uncountable, plural analogies)

1. A relationship of resemblance or equivalence between two situations, people, or objects, especially when used as a basis for explanation or extrapolation.
   • Yet the systole and diastole of the heart are not without their analogy in the ebb and flow of love.1841, Ralph Waldo Emerson, chapter 6, in Essays: First Series
2. The proportion or the equality of ratios.
3. The correspondence of a word or phrase with the genius of a language, as learned from the manner in which its words and phrases are ordinarily formed; similarity of derivative or inflectional processes.